Elevation of Ferrol, Spain
14m
above sea level · 46 ft
Ferrol is a city of 64,367 people in A Coruña province, Galicia, the 3rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 33rd lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.48° N · 8.23° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 29′ 5″ N · 8° 13′ 59″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 562,015 E · 4,814,929 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Ferrol
- INE code 15036
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 64,367 people
- 82.7 km² municipality · 779 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 16 m (52 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 14 m.
Population
Ferrol had 64,367 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 7.3% fewer than in 2015, when it had 69,452. The municipality covers 82.7 km², a density of 779 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 93 municipalities in A Coruña province, after A Coruña (251,543), home to 5.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Ferrol sits 14 m (46 ft) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 1,125 m, and the lowest is Melilla, at 2 m. The average is 280 m, so Ferrol is 266 m below it.
The provincial capital, A Coruña, is 18 km away in a straight line and 8 m lower than Ferrol. Madrid is 507 km away.
Of the 11 cities in A Coruña province with an elevation page, Ferrol is the 3rd lowest. The highest is Santiago de Compostela (244 m) and the lowest, A Coruña (6 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in A Coruña province is O Coto da Andoriña, at 802 m (2,631 ft). It lies 59 km away in a straight line, 788 m above Ferrol.
- 121 Ferrol 14 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Ferrol.
What is the elevation of Ferrol, Spain?
Ferrol sits at 14 meters (46 feet) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the reference point of the town center.
What are the coordinates of Ferrol?
Latitude 43.48471 and longitude -8.23311 in decimal degrees (43° 29′ 5″ N · 8° 13′ 59″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 562,015 E and 4,814,929 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Ferrol rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 33rd lowest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (1,125 m) and the lowest, Melilla (2 m).
Which is higher, Ferrol or A Coruña?
Ferrol. Ferrol sits at 14 m and A Coruña at 6 m: a difference of 8 m, 18 km apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · IGR Poblaciones (population centers) Official elevation and coordinates of the town center. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- Municipal register (INE), January 1, 2025 Population: our own work with data from the INE website (www.ine.es). Area: IGN (CC BY 4.0).
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
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